Path of light

Chapter 102 103. The real gift

The Temple of the Moon in Castletown is located on the top of the hill in the upper town.

In addition to controlling the life and death of the Silver Moon elves (delivery and burial), the priests in the temple also have the right to distribute the sap of the Tree of Life, and guide the lost Silver Moon elves back to the moon god Elune. embrace.

The influence of the priests of the Moon Temple is even greater than that of the elders of the Castletown Council of Elders.

After all, all the Silver Moon elves in Castletown go to the Moon Temple every week to receive a cup of life sap.

Moreover, if the Silver Moon elves usually get sick, they will come to the Moon Temple to receive treatment from the priests.

In fact, the treatment process is extremely simple.

Sick Silver Moon elves will bathe in the spring of life. At the same time, the priests will pray to the Moon Goddess. Elune, the moon god, will send down a beam of moonlight. As long as the injuries are not too serious, the elves who enter the spring of life will be healed.

The Temple of the Moon will never distribute the sap of life to the mixed-blood elves in the lower city, and the spring of life in the temple is also prohibited from entering by mixed-blood elves.

When some mixed elves die unexpectedly, the priests of the Moon Temple will not come forward to bury them.

These measures gave the Moon Temple a bad reputation in the Lower City.

For this reason, the mixed-blood elf would rather give up the Moon Goddess and become a believer in the Goddess of Liberty...

This is also the reason why the Temple of Liberty can gain a foothold in Castletown City, but recently the Temple of Liberty has also encountered unprecedented difficulties...

In the past six months, no matter how devoutly believers prayed, they could not get an answer from the Statue of Liberty.

So much so that the number of believers in the Temple of Liberty has shrunk by almost two-thirds in just six months.

Even so, the number of Lady Liberty believers who come to attend rallies every week continues to decrease.

Roy knew that the priests in the Temple of the Moon were notoriously bad-tempered, but Roy was somewhat a little bit surprised that the priests of the Temple of the Moon actually voted collectively to block Count Amelia from the gate of the Kingdom of God. surprise.

Count Amelia sat down on a raised root under the breadfruit tree. The moonlight was blocked by the branches and leaves of the breadfruit tree, and she was looming in the shadow.

"Okay, it's getting late, you should go back..."

Count Amelia issued an expulsion order to Roy.

Roy didn't hesitate, stood up quickly and said, "Thank you for your teaching."

Thinking that as a trainee priest, I actually communicated with an elf soul for half a night, and was still summoned and left immediately...

Roy couldn't help but sigh.

If Jasper and Abt knew about this, they might be nailed to the pillar of shame for the rest of their lives.

Now able to leave, Roy saluted Count Amelia and immediately planned to run down the steps...

But when he turned around, he found Count Amelia sitting on the steps, blocking his way.

Count Amelia stared at Roy, looking like he wanted to leave in a hurry, but Count Amelia was not so anxious.

She sat gracefully on the stone steps.

There was a divine shimmer floating on Roy's shoulders, almost illuminating Count Amelia to every detail...

She had the casualness of a superior person, completely ignoring the divine glimmer on Roy's shoulder, and stared at Roy for a while before saying:

"This is the first time I have chatted with a half-elf for so long."

"Oh! By the way, you must remember to keep this matter a secret from me."

After Count Amelia said these words, he seemed to have thought of something...

She continued: "In addition...if you are free, you can come here to chat with me at any time, and you can tell me about the latest happenings in Castletown."

"Of course, if you are willing, you can be my messenger. Whenever something happens in Castletown City, send the news to Ellington Castle."

"...I don't see human greed in you. Even in adversity, you can always stay awake and deal with it calmly. This courage is very rare."

Roy didn't expect Count Amelia to recognize him so much.

Then I heard her lower her head and fumble for a while before saying:

"Let me see, I'll give this magic crystal to you!"

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand in front of Roy, which was a hexagonal magic crystal stone.

Roy held the crystal in his hand, not knowing what its use was yet.

Then Count Amelia took out another crystal stone. This one looked higher quality than the one held in Roy's hand, and the surface pattern was more complex.

She handed the magic crystal stone to Roy and said to him:

"Oh, by the way, little Edith who brought this crystal stone to me, don't tell her about me for the time being. Every time I see her, she always reminds me of myself when I was young... "

The next moment, Count Amelia's tone became a little sad, looking at the dark mountains opposite the castle, murmuring to himself:

"...That's really a long time ago!"

Roy stood in front of the steps, put the two magic crystals in his hands into his pockets, and promised:

"Please rest assured, I will give this magic crystal to Miss Edith."

Count Amelia nodded, as the figure slowly faded until it disappeared.

Roy then walked down the stairs.

When they returned to the tent, Claire was still sleeping soundly in the tent next door, not feeling Roy's return at all...

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Roy and Claire stayed at Castle Ellington for three days,

By noon on the third day, the two of them had followed the expedition team around the entire Castle Ellington, and Claire even went to the fourth floor of the castle again.

He stood in front of the mural and left Count Amelia's appearance on the painting book from various angles.

"Roy, are we leaving today?"

Claire closed the album in her hand and asked Roy, who looked sleepy.

"If you didn't sleep well last night, we could actually stay here another night."

"There are still a lot of things to do later. Now that the inspection of the castle here is over, let's go complete the next task!" Roy responded immediately.

At noon, Elise and the members of the expedition team prepared a lot of food in the weapons depot.

But Roy and Claire could only eat some breadfruit and black berries, which were picked in the back garden of the castle.

There was no way, apart from Roy, no one among the sixteen members took the elementary martial arts training course.

Therefore, the elf girls do not need to endure hunger for wild survival training on this journey, and they will no longer accompany Roy and Claire on the road ahead.

"Roy, are you ready with your Castle Ellington inspection report?"

The Silver Moon Elf girl sitting opposite Roy suddenly asked curiously.

"It's almost all written!" After Roy finished speaking, he patted his satchel vigorously.

"Aren't you two going to be with us next?"

After speaking, Edith elegantly peeled apart a red fruit with her slender fingers, and sucked the bright red pulp into her mouth, making Claire secretly swallow a sip of saliva.

"Next we have to go back and forth across the Malaga jungle to complete the tasks assigned by Teacher Harper." Roy responded.

"I know, although there are no magical beasts in this jungle, you two should still be more careful when moving. If you encounter danger, ask for help when you need it. Don't be too tough." Edith told the two of them.

"We will be more careful," Claire said.

After lunch, Roy and Claire went to take down the tent.

Edith and several other Silver Moon Elf girls also came to help, and everyone folded up the tent and tied it into a backpack again, allowing Roy to carry it on his back.

Before leaving the castle, Roy found an opportunity to call Edith aside alone.

There was a smile in Edith's blue eyes, but she always maintained a meter's distance between them.

"What do you want from me?" Edith pretended to be a captain and asked Roy.

Roy took out the exquisite magic crystal from his pocket and handed it to Edith.

"Giving it to me?" Edith didn't reach out to pick it up, but asked in surprise.

Roy handed it forward, nodded and said, "Well, someone asked me to give you this magic crystal."

"Someone asked you to give me this magic crystal? Who is that person?" Edith asked, staring at Roy.

Roy threw the magic crystal to Edith and said casually: "It's not convenient to say now, maybe you will know later."

Edith caught the magic crystal and glanced suspiciously at Claire standing next to her.

Claire took half a step back warily, making it clear that it was not from him.

Edith turned to look at Roy suspiciously...

Roy didn't know how to explain it, so he waved to Edith and quickly walked out of Ellington Castle with Claire.

"You actually gave Edith a magic crystal. Tell me quickly, what is recorded in it?" Claire asked curiously.

Roy spread his hands and explained softly: "Actually, I haven't opened it yet, so I don't know what's inside..."

The two left Castle Ellington and chatted while walking.

When passing by a bush outside the castle, Roy saw the figure of Count Amelia emerging from the trunk of a big tree.

She was waving to both of them…